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Rio - part 2

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January 10th 2009
Another 20 hour bus journey (and the best sleep I've had this year...but that's not saying much) takes us back to Rio. We have 4 days before our flight to New York and having had our fill of nightlife, we want to see what daytime Rio has to offer. I'm thinking of Copacabana and Ipanema, Sugarloaf and Christ and those famous views. But the drizzle that started as we left the Bahia has become heavy ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more